What significant information did I learn about these interviews? By reading these interviews I learned that jobs back then were unsafe and unfair. Many people developed horrible diseases from their job, and the company owners would do nothing to help prevent that. The work they did was often very dangerous, and sometimes they’d get serious injuries while on the job. One man who had a dangerous job was Chris Thorsten (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html). He was squeezed between a crane and broke his coller bone, all the ribs in his body, and three vertebrae. He couldn’t work for 4 years because of the damage. It was very easy to get fired and the wages were minimal. If you were caught distributing union flyers to the workers you were fired on the spot. A man named Irving Fajans (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/irving.html) had to come up with crafty ideas to prevent being found out. The boss was very sexist and a woman could not do many of the jobs a man was allowed to do, even if it was within their abilities. Alice Caudle (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.html) experienced this in her job. She could have done so much more than she was allowed to do. People back then were also very prejudiced. If you were an African American person they would deny you membership into the job unions. One man named Jim Cole (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html) was not allowed to join the AFL union because of his ethnicity.
Delaney Cassidy
From the interviews I listened to, I have come to the conclusion that the working conditions during the depression were extremely harsh. A man named Chris Thorstenlron mentioned in his interview that most Iron workers were either killed or severly injured. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html). He was injured on the job himself. He was squeezed between a crane and brok his collerbone. He claimed that you weren't an iron woker unless you were killed. Jim Cole, an African-American man who worked in a paking house, was denied the right to join a union because of his race (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html). The jobs between man and women were very different. One woman, Elizabeth E. Miller, stated that her husband was bewildered when he found out that she did intense physical labor (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/eliza.html). She insinuated that he would not be nearly as shocked if she had been a man.
Jordyn Beschel
After reading and listening to the interviews, I can better understand industrial life back in the middle-1900s. Jobs were rough and dangerous. One man, Chris Thorsten, explained how the jobs are almost easy to get caught up in. He said he was caught in between a crane and he broke his collar bone and several ribs. Another man, Mr. Garavelli, explained the dangers of industrial life. He said a lot of stone cutters died of silica. Discrimination among females was difficult for many working women. One woman, Alice Caudle, had been spinning thread since she was a child. She learned quickly and was one of the best workers in the textille mill factory. She mentioned that if she was a man and not a woman, she would probably be even more successful and more credited than she was at the time.
What significant information did I learn about these interviews?
By reading these interviews I learned that jobs back then were unsafe and unfair. Many people developed horrible diseases from their job, and the company owners would do nothing to help prevent that. The work they did was often very dangerous, and sometimes they’d get serious injuries while on the job. One man who had a dangerous job was Chris Thorsten (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html). He was squeezed between a crane and broke his coller bone, all the ribs in his body, and three vertebrae. He couldn’t work for 4 years because of the damage. It was very easy to get fired and the wages were minimal. If you were caught distributing union flyers to the workers you were fired on the spot. A man named Irving Fajans (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/irving.html) had to come up with crafty ideas to prevent being found out. The boss was very sexist and a woman could not do many of the jobs a man was allowed to do, even if it was within their abilities. Alice Caudle (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.html) experienced this in her job. She could have done so much more than she was allowed to do. People back then were also very prejudiced. If you were an African American person they would deny you membership into the job unions. One man named Jim Cole (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html) was not allowed to join the AFL union because of his ethnicity.
Delaney Cassidy
From the interviews I listened to, I have come to the conclusion that the working conditions during the depression were extremely harsh. A man named Chris Thorstenlron mentioned in his interview that most Iron workers were either killed or severly injured. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html). He was injured on the job himself. He was squeezed between a crane and brok his collerbone. He claimed that you weren't an iron woker unless you were killed. Jim Cole, an African-American man who worked in a paking house, was denied the right to join a union because of his race (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html). The jobs between man and women were very different. One woman, Elizabeth E. Miller, stated that her husband was bewildered when he found out that she did intense physical labor (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/eliza.html). She insinuated that he would not be nearly as shocked if she had been a man.
Jordyn Beschel
After reading and listening to the interviews, I can better understand industrial life back in the middle-1900s. Jobs were rough and dangerous. One man, Chris Thorsten, explained how the jobs are almost easy to get caught up in. He said he was caught in between a crane and he broke his collar bone and several ribs. Another man, Mr. Garavelli, explained the dangers of industrial life. He said a lot of stone cutters died of silica. Discrimination among females was difficult for many working women. One woman, Alice Caudle, had been spinning thread since she was a child. She learned quickly and was one of the best workers in the textille mill factory. She mentioned that if she was a man and not a woman, she would probably be even more successful and more credited than she was at the time.